detection scheme for solving the problem of automated defect detection for textile fabrics. In the development of the scheme, Gabor wavelet network (GWN) is deployed as the major technique to extract texture features from textile fabrics. An optimal Gabor filter is then designed on the basis of the features extracted. The proposed defect detection scheme consists of one real-valued optimal Gabo...

In recent years, textile materials have been found in applications in the cosmetics field. A new sector of cosmetic textiles is introduced and several commercial cosmetic textile products are currently available in the market. On contact with human body and skin, cosmetic textiles are designed to transfer an active substance for cosmetic purposes. The principle is achieved by simply imparting t...

The electrochemical behavior of non-modified, Pt-modified and Pt/polyanilinemodified carbon fiber textile electrodes was studied through a series of electroreduction/electrooxidation electrolyses, performed under potentiostatic conditions, for an amaranth/sulphuric solution in the presence or absence of chloride ion. Both Pt electrodeposition and aniline polymerization were carried out potentio...

Introduction Denim as a fabric, has received the widest acceptance among all textile products. It has had an incredible influence on consumers both socially and culturally (Paul 2015). This twill cotton fabric usually has warp threads indigo dyed while weft remains plain white. The warp faced fabric therefore looks blue on one side and white on reverse. The warp being ring dyed, creates denim’s...

We describe a process to transform commercial textiles and threads into electric heaters that can be cut/sewn or woven to fashion lightweight fabric heaters for local climate control and personal thermal management. Off-the-shelf fabrics are coated with a 1.5 μm thick film of a conducting polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), using an improved reactive vapor deposition method. Changes in t...

Human body temperature is an important sign of physical condition in terms of comfort, heat or cold stresses, and of performance. This paper presents the preliminary investigation into the design, manufacturing and testing of the textile based temperature sensor. This sensing fabric may be employed to measure the temperature of the human body on a continuous basis over extensive periods of time...

Quality control is one of the basic issues in textile industry. Analysis of texture content in digital images plays an important role in the automated visual inspection of fabric images to detect the defects. The preprocessing stage is an essential initial step in the patterned fabric defect detection system in retaining the important information. And the major problem in processing patterned f...

In this paper we propose an intelligent method for identifying several mechanical parameters of woven fabric. The mechanical fabric characterization requires several expensive experimental tests. An alternative to overcome this problem is to use an inverse identification based on simulation of drape test using the finite element method combined with a learning artificial neural networks. To do ...

Quality control at each stage of production in textile industry has become a key factor to retaining the existence in the highly competitive global market. Problems of manual fabric defect inspection are lack of accuracy and high time consumption, where early and accurate fabric defect detection is a significant phase of quality control. Computer vision based, i.e. automated fabric defect inspe...

Wearable monitoring system is designed for skin stimulation of conductive adhesive, prolonged physiological monitoring and biocompatibility, whose core is fabric electrodes and it can feedback physiological status by analysis of abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG). Fabric electrode is a sensor to collect biological signals based on textile materials including signals acquisition, processing system...